First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
Award-winning TV writer and creator of the cult-teen TV series THE TRIBE.
Background
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Having read Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald at the age of sixteen, I decided I wanted to earn my living by becoming a professional writer. Twenty fours years later I finally achieved that goal, so I'm not what you could call an over-night success.
Escaping teaching after five years, I worked my way up in professional theatre from set-designer to writer and director. While script reading for the BBC I joined the writing team of their new soap opera EASTENDERS and my television career took off from there.
In 1994 I became Head of Development for Cloud Nine Screen Entertainment, heading a writing team that produced over a hundred hours of TV series, including working with Richard 'John Boy' Thomas and William Shatner.
My proudest achievement working for Cloud 9 was co-creating the cult-teen TV series THE TRIBE which ran for over 250 episodes and sold to over forty countries. Left to fend for themselves after a virus wipes out the entire adult population, a group of kids struggle to create a just and democratic society in a world ruled by violent anarchic gangs.
I have recently written and self-published ny first novel, CHICAGO MAY; a fictionalised account of a real Irish girl who fled a harsh life in Ireland and withing two years became the most successful con-woman in New York. Writing prose gives me the most satisfaction as a writer.
Birth Place
Bradford, United Kingdom
Accomplishments
Writers' Guild Award for 'CORONATION STREET'.
Contact Information
21 Highbank Westdene
Brighton BN1 5GB
United Kingdom